Programming architecture

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programming.architecture is a simple and concise introduction to the
history of computing and computational design, explaining the basics of
algorithmic thinking and the use of the computer as a tool for design and
architecture. Paul Coates, a pioneer of CAAD, demonstrates algorithmic
thinking through projects and student work collated through his years
of teaching students of computing and design. The book takes a detailed
and practical look at what the techniques and philosophy of coding entail,
and gives the reader many ‘glimpses under the hood’ in the form of code
snippets and examples of algorithms.

This is essential reading for student and professional architects and
designers interested in how the development of computers has influenced
the way we think about, and design for, the built environment.


Paul Coates is Senior Lecturer at the University of East London (UEL).
He is also Programme leader of the MSc Architecture: Computing and
design programme and Head of CECA (the Centre for Evolutionary
Computing in Architecture), a research centre at the School of Architecture
and the Visual Arts, UEL.

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